“You’re still thinking about…”
“If they have no future together, then so be it,” Leon’s grandmother, Marianne, cut in before Wilson could finish.
“Mom!”
“No matter how wonderful Monique may be, she’s still just one woman. There are plenty of good women in this world. Leon doesn’t have to marry her.”
Unlike Vivian, neither of the Redson elders was particularly attached to Monique.
If she and Leon could no longer be together, then so be it.
Vivian immediately grew anxious.
“Mom, you know Leon and Monique truly love each other. Jennifer was nothing but a distraction. Leon simply hasn’t realized how deeply he loves Monique yet.”
“Once he finally understands his own heart, it’ll be too late. If Monique is no longer an option by then, he’ll be devastated.”
That was another reason Vivian despised Jennifer so much.
In her mind, Jennifer had come between Leon and Monique.
They had grown up together.
Leon had simply been dazzled by someone from outside their world.
And ever since Stella’s people took Monique away, Leon had been frantic with worry.
He had barely paid attention to the public attacks against Jennifer.
The moment Vivian began talking about true love, both Wilson and his wife’s expressions darkened completely.
“What love?” Marianne snapped. “Have you lost your mind?”
Families like theirs did not make decisions based on romantic feelings.
Yet Vivian was standing there insisting that Leon and Monique were deeply in love.
The older woman’s gaze filled with open disgust.
Vivian’s heart skipped a beat.
How had she forgotten?
Years ago, Vivian had used the same argument, claiming that she and Leon’s father were truly in love, to push aside the daughter-in-law his mother had originally wanted.
That was why Leon’s grandmother had never liked Vivian.
And now, by insisting that Leon and Monique were also deeply in love, Vivian had inadvertently made the older woman dislike Monique too.
Marianne had once been reasonably satisfied with Monique.
But now…

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